Suggestion based of Star Wars Galaxy.

Using the same materials by breaking down weapons, extend this to also include shields and grenades.

Weapons should break down into barrel, handle and chasis. The individual parts are all colored. If two of the three is the same color then that weapon's color once completed is that color. Purples and Oranges outside of rep vendors and lock boxes will ONLY be parts. Any purples and oranges found have individual synergies. These can stack allowing for customizations from jack of all trades to focusing on just one. Shields are broke down to battery, Unit and generator while grenades is trigger, body and contents.

Changes:

* Generic vendors now ONLY sell whites whole and in parts for all items in game.
* Rep vendors sell whole Purples or rarely a purple/orange part.
* Orange parts can Only drop rarely from Main Arkfalls and bosses from 4 man Instances.

There ya go Trion. The carrot on a stick mentality absolutely needed to promote this game better with objectives people are willing to go for.

Customizations option could turn players into player vendors and would cause many to become true ark hunters for arktec. =)